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21st Century Breakdown
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Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1 | Song of the Century - Green Day |
| 2 | 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day |
| 3 | Know Your Enemy - Green Day |
| 4 | ¡Viva La Gloria! - Green Day |
Disc: 2
| 1 | Before the Lobotomy |
| 2 | Christian's Inferno |
| 3 | Last Night on Earth |
| 4 | East Jesus Nowhere |
| 5 | Peacemaker |
| 6 | Last of the American Girls |
Disc: 3
| 1 | Murder City |
| 2 | ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) |
| 3 | Restless Heart Syndrome |
| 4 | Horseshoes and Handgrenades |
| 5 | The Static Age |
Disc: 4
| 1 | 21 Guns |
| 2 | American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World |
| 3 | See the Light |
Editorial Reviews
Heavyweight 180gm vinyl LP pressing. 2009 release, the Punk trio's long-awaited eighth studio album,. The album is the best-selling trio's first studio album since 2004's two-time Grammy Award-winning Punk Rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide. 21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades," and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far. Songs include "Know Your Enemy", "21 Guns", "East Jesus Nowhere", "Before the Lobotomy", and "Restless Heart Syndrome."
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 12.36 x 11.89 x 0.28 inches; 1.2 Pounds
- Manufacturer : Reprise
- Item model number : REP517153
- Original Release Date : 2009
- Date First Available : May 7, 2009
- Label : Reprise
- ASIN : B0026J8LDQ
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,541 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #30 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)
- #133 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #856 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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1. Song of the Century: N/A. This isn't a song, just an opening poem kind of thing with distorted vocals. It's not bad for what it is.
2. 21st Century Breakdown: 7/10. This is a rhapsody, like "Jesus of Suburbia," but shorter. It's good, but not nearly as clever lyrically as "Jesus of Suburbia." The comparison is fair because this also seems to be a character-oriented montage.
3. Know Your Enemy: 6/10. This is the first single on the album, and also the only straight-ahead rock/punk song. It's too repetitive and relatively lazy to be considered that good.
4. ¡Viva La Gloria!: 9/10. This is one of my favorite songs on the album. It has a nice opening piano piece, and it breaks into a high energy rock song. Gloria becomes the St. Jimmy of this album in further songs.
5. Before the Lobotomy: 6/10. This is the third piecemeal song on the album. This time, there are quick hits sandwiched in a soft song. The execution could have been a lot better.
6. Christian's Inferno: 4/10. This one isn't bad, but again, another disjointed song. The verses are very distorted, and the chorus is perfectly clear. I'm giving it a 4 because it seems like an idea that wasn't fully fleshed out.
7. Last Night on Earth: 6/10. Here is where the Beatles influence becomes obvious. It's kind of catchy, but it's unoriginal and not nearly as moving as it should be. It feels forced, fake, pretentious, etc.
8. East Jesus Nowhere: 7/10. It's different from anything Green Day has done, and it's pretty good. It's not very captivating though; I think because of all the interspersed quiet voice. It's one of the many cases on this album where too many ideas were thrown together at once.
9. Peacemaker: 9/10. This is probably my favorite song on the album. It's original, good musically (fiddle?), lyrically, just well done all around, but missing what it would take to be an excellent song. It should be a good radio single.
10. Last of the American Girls: 5/10. The lyrics subtly deal with a different kind of issue than what one would normally get from a punk song, still righteous in its own right. If this were an enjoyable song, it would get a higher score.
11. Murder City: 6/10. This song has catchy parts, and it's not broken up, which is good, but it still feels like filler.
12. ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl): 9/10. This is just as good as the other "Viva La Gloria," maybe even a little better. It's original and well done.
13. Restless Heart Syndrome: 6/10. All comments from "Last Night on Earth" apply to this one.
14. Horseshoes and Handgrenades: 8/10. I think this is the only song with explicit language, what got the album booted out of Wal-Mart. Considering that it's not really necessary to have it, I think they should have compromised their "artistic integrity." It's a good rock song, but a little too much distortion on the verses, and the lyrics are a bit lazy.
15. The Static Age: 6/10. This song sounds a bit like "Church on Sunday" from "Warning," which wasn't a very good song from which to borrow. It feels like a filler song.
16. 21 Guns: 8/10. This is definitely the most memorable song on the album. Unfortunately, it's also far too pompous and insincere. I'll go into further detail on the closing comments, but this song exemplifies both the good and the bad of this album.
17. American Eulogy: 7/10. This should really be the closer considering that the opening is in the same vein as "Song of the Century," but whatever. The first chorus is annoying, and this is yet another piecemeal one. It does get better toward the end. There are a lot of ideas here that didn't come together quite right.
18. See the Light: 7/10. This is a good song, but it feels a little anticlimactic. Considering "Whatsername" had the same issue, I guess it was an okay way to go.
Overall, this album is pretentious. It's like "American Idiot" conscious of its own greatness and trying to hammer its greatness into its audience. It's not as pretentious U2, but getting there, and keep in mind, this is Green Day. Green Day is a band that started with pop-punk girlfriend songs and made it big with a song about smoking pot and masturbating. When they try to take the moral high ground, and complex theatrical structures, it feels very forced. I have to give them credit for putting a lot of effort into the songs though. This does sound like an album that legitimately took five years to make.
A few notes: I didn't even notice the "Christian and Gloria" theme for quite some time. The lyrics are somewhat hard to understand at first, and I listen in the car, so reading the liner as it plays is not really an option. Finally, while waiting for someone in a parking lot, I got to read the titles and lyrics and realized that there was an operatic quality to this album, like American Idiot. Now, I come from the age of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and was exposed to Tommy during my teen years. I love the idea of a whole integrated collection of songs which make a story. In the early '80's, I spent hours imagining what Pink looked like (Pink the character in The Wall, not the pink-haired diva)and imagining what it all meant. I'd love to see a Green Day movie, with Jimmy or Christian, which would play at the midnight movie for decades.
Secondly, the sound of the album is often scratchy and sometimes sounds like it was recorded at the bottom of a well. I know this is intentional, but it was really bothersome at first; seemed to be used too much. Oddly, now I don't even notice it, but I play it louder as I've come to know the words.
Billie Joe fights the establishment with his lyrics, and this album is no exception. The lyrics are well thought out, if not somewhat repetitive in places(I agree with the reviewer who states that _Know Your Enemy_ is one of the weaker offerings), but definitely gives listeners the famous Green Day attitude. Again, if you don't get the first time, give it a couple more tries and I think you'll be hooked on an album you can listen to without interruption...
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Firstly, is this like American Idiot...answer yes, but there are changes. The emphasis from the early days has shifted from the music to the lyrics itself. From listening to this album you can tell BJ Armstrong has spent many hours at these lyrics and it does show. Deep meaningful lyrics are played in more meaningful music, with bursts of the old Green Day still there.
So what is the album itself like? The overall impression I had before this album, is how does it take 5 years to write an album, but from listening to this it is very clear. The lyrics are carefully chosen and the music has been layered perfectly on top, with some good old Green Day passion and bursts from the past. Other people have mentioned the drumming from Tre and I do totally agree that more emphasis has been placed on the drums in this album than previous albums.
So why not the five stars? Don't get me wrong this is a fantastic album, but I feel the album does lack proper ballads. The songs are great but the chords of American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia and Boulevard of Broken Dreams have been lost in some aspects of the album, leading to calmer songs with bursts of chords that we all know and love from GD.
This as many other people have already said, is a hard album to review, as I do now class Green Day as a Rock Band and not a Punk Group, but the maturity that the music has developed and materalised over the 5 years is amazing. I don't feel however this will be their last album, but I wouldn't be surprised if we only saw one or two at the most more from them.
This is a fantastic album, no mistakes about it, the lyrics are what make this album, with the heavy guitar and drumming in places which will keep the older Green Day fans happy.
A brilliant album from a World Class Band!
The album is what an old vinyl LP was, - a journey, a well crafted musical journey through the story that BJA is telling (about a guy called Christian I think) - and telling it well. At times there are few hooks in there that seem to suggest somebody has been listening to The Waterboys along the way, and then that old punk twang gets thrown in so as not to let you drift away for too long.
For me the stand out song is "Before the Lobotomy"; a carefully crafted intro, - a lovely hook "I was only dreaming etc" a bit of good old Green Day wham bham, a hint on a Irish jig and then bag into that hook, - superb! Next best is East Jesus Nowhere but I am sure you will find your own favorite.
To me this is better than American Idiot (which was not half bad), - and does what Dookie did all those years ago; makes me smile and I want to play the songs over again, the extra bonus this time around is that my 10 year old son also really likes this. Thanks guys your best album so far.
The songs are catchy and once inside your head , will be reluctant to leave. I'd recommend this to anyone. It may take 2 or 3 plays to get the gist of the lyrics as they are not as clear and defined as on American Idiot, but the music will be a hit from the first play.
This special edition is very clever - it comes as a 'book' with fill colour pages of artwork and all the lyrics (apparently in Billie-Joe's handwriting) and the CD is cleverly inserted inside the back cover.
Overall the album is fantastic and I love having the physical copy of the vinyl, but unless you're a fanatic like me, stick to the MP3 or CD version.
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